Enrollment
278
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALCASIEU PARISH·NCES 220033000223
College Oaks Elementary School
3618 Ernest Street, Lake Charles, LA 70605 · (337) 217-4560 · Calcasieu Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
228 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 65% larger than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
36.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +11.0pp since 2022
Math
19.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 36.0% | 19.0% |
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 13.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like College Oaks Elementary School
College Oaks Elementary School's state test result (21.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| College Oaks Elementary School this school | 278 | 82.0% | 21.0% |
| Henry Heights Elementary School Lake Charles | 315 | 79.7% | 20.0% |
| Labadieville Primary School Labadieville | 256 | 84.0% | 17.8% |
| North Iberville Elementary Rosedale | 272 | 85.7% | 27.0% |
| J. L. Jones Elementary School Minden | 318 | 83.3% | 20.2% |
| Palmetto Elementary School Palmetto | 223 | 82.5% | 54.2% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where College Oaks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Calcasieu Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #434 of 583 | #23 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #451 of 582 ▼ 97 | #25 of 31 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #333 of 587 ▲ 123 | #20 of 31 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #69 of 540 | #4 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 278 | #564 of 714 | #26 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #60 of 655 | #5 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.4% | #402 of 655 | #16 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.0% | #252 of 705 | #12 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #330 of 436 | #24 of 29 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
278
+17 (+7%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 409
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 18.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 278 | 26.8 | 10.4:1 | 82% (228) |
| 2023-24 | 283 | 24.3 | 11.6:1 | 70% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 254 | 19.4 | 13.1:1 | 78% (198) |
| 2020-21 | 261 | 14 | 18.6:1 | 93% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 301 | 16.5 | 18.2:1 | 53% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 330 | N/A | N/A | 61% (201) |
| 2010-11 | 313 | 32 | 9.8:1 | 81% (255) |
| 2000-01 | 381 | 34 | 11.2:1 | 62% (235) |
| 1990-91 | 409 | 27 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for College Oaks Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (301 to 278); teachers up 62% (16.5 to 26.8).
About College Oaks Elementary School
College Oaks Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Lake Charles, Louisiana, (ZIP code 70605). It offers pre-K through 5 and has 278 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana enroll about 453 students on average.
Calcasieu Parish operates 56 schools. Combined enrollment is 27,851 students.
The student body at College Oaks Elementary School is 73% Black. After that, the student body is 18% White, 6% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Calcasieu Parish, the Black share is about 23%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 43%.
Classroom staffing at College Oaks Elementary School totals 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at College Oaks Elementary School is about 82%. On average, public schools in Calcasieu Parish report 59%.
College Oaks Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 33% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, College Oaks Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Louisiana schools: 21.0% actual against 25.3% predicted.
The county, Calcasieu Parish, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $67,564 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting College Oaks Elementary School, Calcasieu Parish has 61 public schools.
T. S. Cooley Elementary Magnet School is the nearest public school to College Oaks Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 21.0% average proficiency ranks 5th among 8 nearby schools.
College Oaks Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Small.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 278, from 261 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 10.4 students per teacher, compared with 18.6 in 2020-21.
College Oaks Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Calcasieu Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,088
Census ACS
Median income
$67,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
30,278 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calcasieu Parish
- Sulphur High SchoolHigh · 1,911 students
- Alfred M. Barbe High SchoolHigh · 1,908 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 1,141 students
- S. J. Welsh Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Iowa High SchoolHigh · 1,007 students
- Moss Bluff Elementary SchoolElementary · 969 students
Other schools in Lake Charles
- Alfred M. Barbe High SchoolHigh · 1,908 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 1,141 students
- S. J. Welsh Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Moss Bluff Elementary SchoolElementary · 969 students
- Lake Charles Charter AcademyElementary · 951 students
- LaGrange High SchoolHigh · 881 students
Nearby schools
- T. S. Cooley Elementary Magnet School1.1 mi · 300
- LaGrange High School1.1 mi · 881
- Henry Heights Elementary School1.1 mi · 315
- Barbe Elementary School1.1 mi · 179
- Prien Lake Elementary School1.5 mi · 639
- Brentwood Elementary School1.5 mi · 272
Frequently asked questions
About College Oaks Elementary SchoolHow many students attend College Oaks Elementary School?
College Oaks Elementary School enrolls approximately 278 students in grades PK-05.
Is College Oaks Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
College Oaks Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does College Oaks Elementary School have?
College Oaks Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at College Oaks Elementary School?
At College Oaks Elementary School, the student body is approximately 18% White, 6% Hispanic, 73% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is College Oaks Elementary School in?
College Oaks Elementary School is part of Calcasieu Parish.
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